It’s formally Star Wars Day, and there’s no higher day than May the 4th to take a deep dive into some science fiction.
When you’re trying to escape to one other time, world or dimension by way of your screens, sci-fi is the genre to take you there.
Over the many years exhibits like Star Trek, Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica have picked up loyal audiences.
In more moderen years different fashionable sci-fi programmes which have stood out embody Star Wars: Andor, Stranger Things, Westworld, Black Mirror and The Last of Us.
Although some have been critically acclaimed, others have flown under the radar.
There’s no scarcity of different exhibits within the style to settle into however in case you’ve been questioning what to watch subsequent, right here’s some concepts primarily based on exhibits with 100% ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.
Star Wars: Andor (Disney Plus)
RT rating: 96%
After an extended three-year wait, Andor has returned for a second season with new episodes each Wednesday Disney+.
Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), the thief turned spy, is again after a stellar firstseason, which was met with adoration from fans and critics alike with a way more mature tackle a galaxy far, distant.
We first met him in the course of the occasions of the 2016 movie Rogue One, and now season two has been met with a roar of approval from critics, and it’s already being hailed one of the best of 2025.
Supacell (Netflix)
RT rating: 100%
Released final yr, this British superhero series created and written by Rapman was set in modern-day South London and adopted a bunch of 5 unusual black individuals linked by a household historical past of sickle cell illness.
They then ‘unexpectedly develop superpowers and are pursued by a secret organisation who intends to control them’.
The six-part series, which followers known as ‘superb’, additionally explored themes of knife crime, racial profiling, poverty, the exploitation of black our bodies, and sickle cell illness.
Travelers (Netflix)
RT rating: 100%
Running for 3 seasons between 2016 to 2018, Travelers starred Eric McCormack, Mackenzie Porter, Jared Abrahamson, Nesta Cooper, Reilly Dolman, and Patrick Gilmore.
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, 1000’s of particular operatives – ‘travelers’ – ae tasked with stopping the collapse of society. They all have their consciousnesses despatched again in time and transferred into the ‘host’ physique of present-day people who’re about to die, which then minimises surprising influence on the longer term.
‘Gorgeously made and menacing in tone from the get-go, it’s truly extra speculative than sci-fi, a portrait of our time, seen by way of the eyes of individuals sooner or later,’ the Globe and Mail wrote of the primary season.
Counterpart (Amazon Prime Video)
RT rating: 100%
J. Ok. Simmons starred on this sci-fi thriller as Howard Silk, a low-level agent whose profession is winding down at a United Nations spy company, who discovers his organisation is harbouring a secret gateway to a parallel dimension.
He then ‘becomes immersed in a mysterious world of espionage, intrigue, and government conspiracies’.
The series ran for 2 seasons in 2017 and 2019.
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (Disney Plus)
RT rating: 100%
This animated Star Wars spin-off series consists of six shorts that discover totally different characters from the Star Wars franchise.
The first, Tales of the Jedi, explores Jedi from the prequel trilogy period, whereas the second, Tales of the Empire, explores characters associated to the Galactic Empire.
First hitting screens in 2022, it acquired essential acclaim, whereas followers known as it a ‘very welcome instalment to the Star Wars universe’.
Torchwood (BBC iPlayer)
RT rating: 98%
In 2006 Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood hit screens.
Created by Russell T Davies, it aired from 2006 till wrapping up in 2011.
It adopted a small group of alien-hunters who make up the Cardiff-based, fictional Torchwood Institute, which offers primarily with incidents involving extraterrestrials, lead by Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), an immortal con-man from the distant future who initially appeared in Doctor Who in 2005.
Thunderbirds (ITVX)
RT rating: 100%
Airing in 1965, Thunderbirds concerned the use of digital marionette puppets to inform the story of exploits of International Rescue, a life-saving organisation with a secret base on an island within the Pacific Ocean.
Set within the 2060s, fundamental characters was the chief of International Rescue, ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, and his 5 grownup sons, who pilot the Thunderbirds.
It was met with acclaim by critics and audiences and is extensively thought-about one of the best sci-fi exhibits of all time and has been adopted by a number of spin-off series’ and films.
The Lazarus Project (Now)
RT rating: 100%
Paapa Essiedu starred in The Lazarus Project, which ran from two seasons in 2022 and 2023.
He performed George, who stored awaking on the identical date each six months. After being approached by a mysterious lady who invitations him to the key workplace of the Lazarus Project, he learns that he’s one of solely 0.000001% of the inhabitants with a mutant gene and begins working to assist by stopping apocalyptic threats.
‘It’s mainly a groundhog day sci-fi motion drama with the surprising comedic second that may make you chuckle in amongst the drama. I can’t say an excessive amount of with out ruining the story, nevertheless it’s very well carried out with lots of surprising twists and turns,’ one fan posted on X.
A model of this text was first revealed on March 20, 2025.
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